Age 56 Final Changes

[dreaku]

All intel related ops are espionage ops so when you had to send 20% + 1 to get accurate intel within 3.5% (wasn't fully accurate) you'll now only have to send 10% + 1 to get the same result if not fully accurate intel.

Examples
This age was "(total thieves * 0.2) + 1= thieves to send"
Next age will be "(total thieves * 0.1) + 1= thieves to send"

Posted the calculation formulas incase someone was confused on that part of it.

that is not what i asked. SoM op always shows the exact amount of troops out. the accuracy variance comes in for troops home.

so the question is: does the above still applies?

[Natsu]

that is not what i asked. SoM op always shows the exact amount of troops out. the accuracy variance comes in for troops home.

so the question is: does the above still applies?

That statement is iffy because it reads "completely accurate" but we'll have to wait and see if it's 100% accurate with no margin of error or if there is still that 3.5% margin of error. From the way that change was made it sounds as if all intel will be 100% accurate but I've been around long enough to know they don't always change things correctly.

[Bishop]

The 3.5% margin is on offense/defense on attacks, not intel. SoM will still be accurate troops out no matter what you send, as it is now.

[dreaku]

The 3.5% margin is on offense/defense on attacks, not intel. SoM will still be accurate troops out no matter what you send, as it is now.

Thanks!

[Budlightyear]

elves suck.

The +1 mana oow was required cus elves can't whore for beans. Outside of land charts it means nothing more than an elf being war ready a little quicker cause he can dice to required size faster.... he still has then to pump wizzes

whats the big deal...

i don't wanna see the elf kd will crown by dicing crap, you NEED a strong war setup to win with war-win rewards now... its just not gonna happen.

I'm not sure what the whole deal about mana out of war was about to begin with, honestly. To me there seems to be two advantages to + mana/tick out of war (both of which are stupid, IMO):

1. Paradise. I don't see why elves should have some advantage in being able to dice more than others. "Yay I can cast paradise more often!" shouldn't have anything to do with an elf's core role in the KD or overall strat. Balancing a race around something like paradise is just stupid IMO.

2. Extended Hostiles. This is also stupid. Dragging out a hostile indefinitely is annoying and it defeats the common interest of a quick and decisive war. There's just no reason it should be buffed as a strategy in general.

Elves are still better than they were last age and they weren't bad. They're still potentially the best super-mages as well as having good A/M hybrid potential. With Quick Feet, a more attacker-oriented hybrid can sacrifice a little mana for 10% reduced attack times (thereby negating the raxx requirement for <12 hour attack times in war). You don't have to use QF if you don't want to, but it can be very helpful. I say this playing a dwarf A/M this age.

Speaking of which, is there any reason QF was removed from Dwarves? I never thought Dwarves needed to become marginally worse attackers. Meh.

Edit: I do like the change to anonymity.

[tiggis]

Infinity does not exist.
It is purely an product of imagination.

[csarmi]

Numbers don't exist either.

[Blockhead]

The word exist doesn't exist.

[voncruxz]

Blockhead just broke the laws of reality and soon the universe will collapse on itself.

A quick readthrough of the changes, they do seem to have done some nice changes since I left a year ago or so. Maybe I should join back in? :D

[astronomer86]

Orc Tactician FTW

[Kulas]

Can Steward also withdraw from war?

[Taffers]

I'm so glad you made sure Fae isn't as OP as it was in previous ages. Good stuff!

[John Snowstorm]

Infinity does not exist.
It is purely an product of imagination.

proof? evidence?

cause there's a wealth of science which is very strongly supported by evidence and has predictive power based on math that uses infinity.

[astronomer86]

Infinity is possible. Research 'matter' and the 'Universe'.

[Bishop]

Can Steward also withdraw from war?

Yes, steward can set stances, create ceasefires, declare war etc

The rest of you, less off topic posts in here please.